dissentaneous

adjective

dis·​sen·​ta·​ne·​ous

¦disᵊn‧¦tānēəs

archaic

: being at variance : discordant

Word History

Etymology

Latin dissentaneus, from dissentire + -aneus (as in subterraneus subterranean)

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